Cemetery plot location: A-04-36
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA 145559 |
Surname: | TAGUCHI |
Other names: | Kiichiro |
Plate name: | TAGAUCHI, KIICHIRO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Kiichiro TAGAUCHI |
Name in kanji: | 田口 喜一郎 |
Grave location: | A-04-36 |
Date of birth: | 1913-06-10 |
Place of birth: | Kamiyama, Natsuumi, Kashima-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
Private address: | Kamiyama, Natsuumi, Kashima-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | Sergeant |
Unit regimental number: | Army, Moto 2803, 1 Battalion |
Date of capture: | 1943-07-29 |
Place of capture: | Nassau Bay, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | Not recorded |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Policeman |
Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
Date of entry: | Not recorded |
Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
Ship: | Not recorded |
Personal effects: | Although TAGUCHI'S property statement recorded that he did not have personal effects, there is another record which records that he had a pair of spectacles and case, one wallet containing 1 photograph, 1 cigarette holder, 1 receipt note, occupation notes (1 pound 3 shillings) and clothing tag marked "TAGUCHI 03". TAGUCHI claimed that he had a diary when he was captured. However, this diary was not recorded as having been received. |
Religion: | Buddhist |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Married |
Next of kin: | Fumi TAGUCHI |
Address of next of kin: | Kamiyama, Natsuumi, Kashima-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
Father’s name: | Sadanosuke TAGUCHI |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
Identification: | Height 5' 6", sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes. |
Movement report: | TAGUCHI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 5 September 1943. He died in the breakout. |
Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
Cremation or burial: | Burial |
Date of burial: | |
Place of first burial: | Cowra |
Extra information: | One of TAGUCHI’s reports has a comment: “Above average education, appears to be straight forward and cooperative” |
Related images: | TAGUCHI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |